Connecticut’s private health insurers had 200,000 fewer members statewide in 2016, according to a new report, though the percentage of people classified as “fully insured” increased 2 points to 34 percent.
The Connecticut Insurance Department issues... Read more

FILE- In this Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017, file photo, U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks during the G30 International Banking Seminar, at Inter-American Development Bank headquarters in Washington. Yellen will meet with President Donald Trump... Read more

VANCOUVER — Loblaw Companies Ltd. is laying off 500 of its office workers, but the company says it still expects to create more jobs than it eliminates this year.
“Today is a very difficult day,” wrote president Sarah Davis in a memo to employees... Read more

VANCOUVER — Loblaw Companies Ltd. is laying off 500 of its office workers, but the company says it still expects to create more jobs than it eliminates this year.
“Today is a very difficult day,” wrote president Sarah Davis in a memo to employees... Read more

FILE- In this Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017, file photo, U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks during the G30 International Banking Seminar, at Inter-American Development Bank headquarters in Washington. Yellen will meet with President Donald Trump... Read more

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The Australian dollar gave back much of Friday’s gains over the course of Monday’s session, succumbing to profit-taking on the back of modest US dollar strength.
Here’s the scoreboard as at 7.50am AEDT.
AUD/USD... Read more

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group is selling financial advice businesses including OnePath Pensions and Investments to IOOF Holdings for $975 million.
ANZ, which is still reviewing options for its life insurance business, will sell IOOF... Read more

One of Donald Trump's closest confidantes has thrown a lifeline to the scandal-hit Weinstein entertainment empire, amid signs it could be up for sale.
The Weinstein Company has confirmed it has entered an agreement with Colony Capital, a private... Read more

With the backdrop of improving economics and earnings, low volatility and subdued inflation, can global equity markets go higher, especially with the ASX 200 breaking out of its 20-week range? This video was produced in commercial partnership between... Read more

The Prince of Wakanda has arrived. Picture: Marvel
Good morning.
1. The value of gold dropped to $0 overnight – theoretically. Scientists for the first time watched two neutron stars collide in space and somehow the measurements told them 100 Earth... Read more

The World Steel Association (worldsteel) released its latest short range outlook on Monday, forecasting that global steel demand will reach 1.6481 billion tonnes next year, up from 1.6221 billion tonnes in the current calendar year.
This map shows... Read more

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – The VA of Central Western Massachusetts is helping hurricane victims in Puerto Rico. 22News was in Hampshire County to tell us who they’ve sent to the island.
VA’s from across Massachusetts sent hundreds of people to... Read more

Photo: ANZ has been looking to offload its wealth management arm for some time. (Nic MacBean, file photo: ABC News)
ANZ is selling its OnePath Pensions and Investments business to IOOF for just... Read more

Connecticut’s private health insurers had 200,000 fewer members statewide in 2016, according to a new report, though the percentage of people classified as “fully insured” increased 2 points to 34 percent.
The Connecticut Insurance Department issues... Read more

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The Age

Turnbull government announces James Shipton as new ASIC chairmanThe Turnbull government has appointed former Goldman Sachs banker James Shipton

The Turnbull government has appointed former Goldman Sachs banker James Shipton as the new head of corporate regulator ASIC after their preferred candidate withdrew in the face of pressure from Labor.
Mr Shipton was previously a regulator at Hong... Read more

The Turnbull government has appointed former Goldman Sachs banker James Shipton as the new head of corporate regulator ASIC after their preferred candidate withdrew in the face of pressure from Labor.
Mr Shipton was previously a regulator at Hong... Read more

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is seeking to deploy $7 billion in potential tax credits to lure Amazon’s planned second headquarters to Newark, which has been struggling to stage a broad economic revival since it was devastated by riots in... Read more

Steve Tarter Journal Star city of Peoria reporter @SteveTarter
PEORIA — The Heart of Illinois 2-1-1 help line reported a record quarter of inquiries this year.
The information and referral service operated by the Heart of Illinois United Way and... Read more

VANCOUVER — Loblaw Companies Ltd. is laying off 500 of its office workers, but the company says it still expects to create more jobs than it eliminates this year.
“Today is a very difficult day,” wrote president Sarah Davis in a memo to employees... Read more

NEW YORK: Wall Street stocks jumped to fresh records Monday (Oct 16), boosted by bank shares that were lifted by expectations that the Federal Reserve will again increase interest rates this year.
All three major indices ended at records, with the... Read more

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Zero Hedge

Morgan Stanley Sees "Greater Risk For A Correction Than We've Seen In A While"...But There's A CatchAs U.S. equity markets casually melt up to all new highs with each passing day,

As U.S. equity markets casually melt up to all new highs with each passing day, Morgan Stanley Equity Strategist Michael Wilson, whose 2,550 year-end price target from back in August was just breached in a matter of months, says he's getting somewhat... Read more

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Pembroke Daily Observer

Loblaw laying off 500 workersVANCOUVER — Loblaw Companies Ltd. is laying off 500 of its office workers, but

VANCOUVER — Loblaw Companies Ltd. is laying off 500 of its office workers, but the company says it still expects to create more jobs than it eliminates this year.
“Today is a very difficult day,” wrote president Sarah Davis in a memo to employees... Read more

The company’s stock was up roughly 1.5% in after-hours trading after it already closed Monday at an all-time high of $202.68. Netflix posted third-quarter results that included $2.99 billion in revenue, up more than 30% from the same period last... Read more

Exactly one week after Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggested his company could help with Puerto Rico’s electricity crisis in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, more of the company’s Powerwall battery packs have arrived on the island, according to a photo... Read more

Netflix is sinking deeper into debt in its relentless pursuit of more viewers, leaving the company little margin for error as it tries to build the world's biggest video subscription service.
The big burden that Netflix is shouldering hasn't been a... Read more

The objectives of the Wargame center on: 1) examining various combined command and control (C2) frameworks to employ and defend air, space and cyberspace capabilities in support of global and geographic / regional operations; 2) gaining insight into... Read more

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Business Standard India

Favourable trade windsA 26 per cent rise in exports in September – the highest in the last six months

A 26 per cent rise in exports in September – the highest in the last six months – could not have come at a better time, either for Indian exporters or, indeed, the government. In that sense, the enthusiasm of Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu is... Read more

The governor of the Reserve Bank of India on Sunday called on major central banks to extend their network of currency swap lines deep into emerging markets, saying a type of “virtual apartheid” in the provision of foreign currencies hampers efforts... Read more

Even as the discussions are at an early stage, the industry is already worked up about it. “I do not know if that is real or not. It would have to be a zero-fee tax for merchants and consumers. Else, we would not see the growth and numbers we all are... Read more